Songwriter, guitarist, performer and founder of post-punk band The Soft Boys
(1977-1980), Robyn Hitchcock (b. 1953) launched his solo career in 1981 with the
album Black Diamond Snake Role, followed by Groovy Decay and I Often Dream of
Trains. Inspired by psychedelia and Syd Barrett in particular, this eccentric
English rock dandy was appreciated by American alternative rock audiences for
his sensibility, not devoid of British humor: Fegmania! (1985) with The
Egyptians, Globe of Frogs (1988) and above all Queen Elvis (1989). Renowned for
his writing talent and originality, Robyn ...